Motorola Ramps Up Mobile Email
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Motorola has made its first major product announcement since acquiring Good Technology in January this year, with the launch of the Good Mobile Messaging 5 mobile email system for professionals.

An update to the original Good Mobile Messaging system, the new Good 5 software helps solve the problem of information clutter for mobile phone users, making mobile email more personalised and therefore more productive, according to the company.

The software includes capabilities to extend the desktop to the handheld device and strengthen security and management of the smartphone or PDA, including the following functions:

· Group and find by conversation and sender: sorts and groups emails by conversation thread and/or sender, helping users to easily pinpoint important messages and save time by filing and/or deleting an entire thread or group

· Complete calendaring: helps invite participants to a meeting, provide real-time visibility into their free/busy status; and automatically suggests and reserves conference rooms based on past preferences and availability

 

· Edit and send documents: securely accesses corporate intranets using Good Mobile Intranet (GMI); enables downloads of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe PDF documents directly to the smartphone; allows users to edit files and attach them to outbound emails

· Dial without password: dials a contact from a password-protected phone without requiring users to enter the password–all while keeping email and contacts data secure

· Third-party access to contacts: option to provide third-party applications, such as voice dialing and SMS, with access to Good contacts, helping to enhance device usability

There are also various professional applications such as mobile RSS reader and subscription manager, priority mail, personalised notifications, advanced password management, and device and application lockdown.

“With Good 5, we have further extended the capabilities of the desktop to the handheld device,” said Motorola Good Technology director of product marketing, Dan Rudolph.

 

“We have added a number of innovative features such as scheduling enhancements and mobile RSS that users will love. In addition, the enhanced security and management capabilities will really help us provide top-notch operational support to the end user community.

“The holy grail of mobile email lies somewhere between complete IT control and unencumbered usability; products that try to close that gap often compromise the mobile experience.

“With Good 5, we’ve successfully bridged the divide by giving end users the usability and personalisation they want, while arming IT with even more manageability and security.”

Users can purchase the software from Tesltra stores and will support a broad range of smartphones running on both the IBM Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange platforms, according to the company.